Version 0.1.1
Convert your CSV files into Markdown tables.
Tables Generator is a fantastic web tool for converting tabular data into all sorts of table layouts. I like how it lets me import CSV files, but I need the ability to convert many CSV files in batch for a docset on which I'm working.
I built csvtomd to convert one or more CSV files into nicely-padded Markdown tables. Now you can build your tables in Excel and convert them for use in GitHub, Bitbucket, or Mou Markdown files without having to construct them by hand.
This is a Python 3 script, so use pip3 to install:
pip3 install csvtomd
After this, run csvtomd --help from your terminal to verify it's installed properly.
csvtomd MY_SPREADSHEET.csv generates a Markdown table from MY_SPREADSHEET.csv.
csvtomd SHEET1.csv SHEET2.csv SHEET3.csv generates three Markdown tables from the input files and displays them alongside the input filename.
File: thrones.csv
First Name,Last Name,Location,Allegiance
Mance,Rayder,North of the Wall,Wildlings
Margaery,Tyrell,The Reach,House Tyrell
Danerys,Targaryen,Meereen,House Targaryen
Tyrion,Lannister,King's Landing,House Lannister
Command: csvtomd thrones.csv
| First Name | Last Name | Location | Allegiance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mance | Rayder | North of the Wall | Wildlings |
| Margaery | Tyrell | The Reach | House Tyrell |
| Danerys | Targaryen | Meereen | House Targaryen |
| Tyrion | Lannister | King's Landing | House Lannister |
Command: csvtomd thrones.csv
First Name | Last Name | Location | Allegiance
------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------
Mance | Rayder | North of the Wall | Wildlings
Margaery | Tyrell | The Reach | House Tyrell
Danerys | Targaryen | Meereen | House Targaryen
Tyrion | Lannister | King's Landing | House Lannister
Command: csvtomd --padding 0 thrones.csv
First Name|Last Name|Location |Allegiance
----------|---------|-----------------|---------------
Mance |Rayder |North of the Wall|Wildlings
Margaery |Tyrell |The Reach |House Tyrell
Danerys |Targaryen|Meereen |House Targaryen
Tyrion |Lannister|King's Landing |House Lannister
| First Name | Last Name | Location | Allegiance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mance | Rayder | North of the Wall | Wildlings |
| Margaery | Tyrell | The Reach | House Tyrell |
| Danerys | Targaryen | Meereen | House Targaryen |
| Tyrion | Lannister | King's Landing | House Lannister |
|First Name | Last Name | Location | Allegiance |
|------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|Mance | Rayder | North of the Wall | Wildlings |
|Margaery | Tyrell | The Reach | House Tyrell |
|Danerys | Targaryen | Meereen | House Targaryen|
|Tyrion | Lannister | King's Landing | House Lannister|
Python 3.
Tested with Python 3.4.1 on Mac OS X 10.9.3.
Doesn't require any external packages, so it should be platform-agnostic.
Command: csvtomd --help
usage: csvtomd.py [-h] [-n] [-p PADDING] csv_file [csv_file ...]
Read one or more CSV files and output their contents in the form of Markdown
tables.
positional arguments:
csv_file One or more CSV files to be converted
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-n, --no-filenames Don't display filenames when outputting multiple
Markdown tables.
-p PADDING, --padding PADDING
The number of spaces to add between table cells and
column dividers. Default is 2 spaces.
Bug reports, fixes, or features? Feel free to open an issue or pull request any time. You can also tweet me at @mplewis or email me at [email protected].
Copyright (c) 2014 Matthew Lewis. Licensed under the MIT License.